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of Poa nemoralis. Indeed, P. nemoralis angustifollum is the best of 

 all grasses to produce a beautiful sward under trees, its growth 

 being so close that it displaces weeds, and it is green in spring 

 earlier than most other grasses ; and! as it also does well in exposed 

 places, it may be made " a note of," for any one, at this season, in a 

 state of distress at the shabbiness of a lawn. Another most useful 

 lawn grass is Lulium perenne tenue, but as it is twin brother of that 

 very worst of lawn grasses, Lolium perenne, or common rye grass, 

 care must be taken to obtain the right sort. It thrives on almost 

 any soil that is not wet, and is delightfully fresh all the winter. 



S. H. 



THE LADY'S SLIPPER. 



BY THOMAS NOTT, 

 Head Gardener, Foelardt House, Lee, Kent. 



N common with many other readers of the Floral 

 World, I was very much interested in the paper on 

 Orchids, at page 161, contributed by Mr. Gordon, 

 because of its practical and useful character, and I am 

 desirous of supplementing that paper with a few remarks 



on the old but useful Ci/pri- 



pedium insigne, or Lady's 



Slipper. It is not perhaps 



so showy as a few other 



members of the genus, but it 



is remarkably beautiful, and 



can be grown in a green- 

 house most successfully with 



the least possible amount 



of attention and skill. It 



is, however, very accommo- 

 dating, for it will be equally 



at home in the stove ; indeed, 



until within the last few years 



it was grown exclusively in 



the stove, and even now 



many people who grow it 



are unaware that its consti- 

 tution is sufficiently hardy to 



bear the exposure to the 



temperature of the ordinary 



greenhouse during the winter 



months without injury. The 



figures of the plant and flower 



which accompany these remarks will convey a fair idea of its 



general character, and it only remains to be said that the prevail. u <■ 



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